These are my *crazy* boys playing in the pool after their swimming lesson. It is hard to get them out of the pool to go home. Mr A usually throws tantrum at the pool when I announced that it’s time to go. Sometimes I have to bribe him with lollies! These days I just make the boys agree to a time that we go home (which about a 15 minute play time after lesson). It works better this way.
Couple of weeks ago, we experienced an unusual winter storm over here where we live. The wind was massive and so was the rain. The first storm was on a Sunday. The boys and I were waiting for Robin in the state library when the wind started to set in. The trees were swaying wildly, loose materials from nearby construction area looked like they were about to fly off, couple of chairs were “moving” with the wind, the little coffee stand outside the library looked as though its roof was about to fly off too! The boys and I were at the coffee stand buying coffee for the husband when all these happened. I was worried while the boys were quite excited(and amazed) upon witnessing the power of the wind.
Here’s a photo of the scene although you may not be able to tell the wind was strong apart from the leaves littered ground.
 
Thankfully, we managed to get home safely. When we arrived home, we saw some emergency workers repairing our neighbour’s roof. The wind had done some damage. At work the next day, my colleague announced that her home has been without power since the Sunday storm. She was without contact with the outside world for a while as there was no radio, internet or phone functioning in her home. It was scary.
The next storm was the following Tuesday. We were warned of the powerful wind and rain and possible loss of power. At work, we were even told to go home early to avoid the storm which was forecast to arrive in the evening. That evening, the sky looked unusually reddish-orange. It did look like a big storm was coming. The husband and I quickly remove loose objects at the backyard and did everything we could except that we did not expect our power to go off too.
Soon after the wind set in, we lost power. The whole house was in darkness. We lit candles, hoping that the power will be restored soon. Unfortunately, power only returned the day after which meant we were without power for more than 12 hours! That was a first. The boys did not go to school the next day after the storm as the school also lost power and some heavy branches have fallen down from trees which could be dangerous for the children.
I stayed home with the kids. We were all so not used to having no electricity. We have taken things for granted. I hope the boys have learnt something. It was inconvenient to be without electricity, but thankfully, we managed to cook with gas.
I took the boys out for a walk in the afternoon and we saw this huge rainbow hanging in the sky. That immediately reminded us of God’s promise.
It was Calvin who pointed out that he could see double rainbow! He was right.
We were all very happy when the power returned and thankful that God has kept us and our home safe. God does keep His promises.